The Effect of Self-Efficacy of Children and Adolescents with Asthma on Their Quality of Life

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of self-efficacy of children and adolescents with asthma on their quality of life. Material and Method: This descriptive study was conducted with 137 children and adolescents between the ages of 10-18 who were followed up by the respiratory allergies clinic of a university hospital by using the Asthmatic Child and Adolescent Information Form, Asthmatic Child and Adolescent Self-Efficacy Scale and Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire. Results: The study showed that 34.3% of the factors triggering asthma attacks in chi ...Daha fazlası

Resonance frequency analysis of orthodontic miniscrews subjected to light-emitting diode photobiomodulation therapy

TANCAN UYSAL

The aim of this prospective experimental study was to evaluate the effect of light-emitting diode (LED) photobiomodulation therapy (LPT) on the stability of immediately loaded miniscrews under different force levels, as assessed by resonance frequency analysis (RFA). Sixty titanium orthodontic miniscrews with a length of 8 mm and a diameter of 1.4 mm were implanted into cortical bone by closed flap technique in each proximal tibia of 15 New Zealand white adult male rabbits (n = 30). The animals were randomly divided into irradiated and control groups under different force levels (0, 150, and 3 ...Daha fazlası

Treatments of horizontal root fractures: four case reports

EBRU KÜÇÜKYILMAZ

Horizontal root fractures are rare in comparison to other types of injuries and the reported prevalence in the literature is between 0.5% and 7%. The treatment and prognosis of root fractures depend on many variables, the most important being the length of time between trauma and treatment, degree of dislocation and mobility, site of fracture, fixation period, stage of root development, age of patient, and quality of treatment. The ideal healing type is hard tissue healing. The aim of these case reports is to present four different patients who had horizontal root fractures of imma ...Daha fazlası

Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Nursing: The Situation of Pre- and Post-Graduation

NURAY EGELİOĞLU CETİŞLİ | YASEMİN TOKEM | EKİN DİLA TOPALOĞLU ÖREN | GÜLŞEN IŞIK | SEDA ÇETİN AVCI

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı kanıta dayalı hemşireliğe yönelik mezuniyet öncesinde ve sonrasında katılımcıların tutumlarını, etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek ve karşılaştırmaktır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmanın birinci aşamasında veriler, dördüncü sınıfta öğrenim gören (n=171) öğrencilere Birey Tanıtım Formu ve Öğrencilerin Kanıta Dayalı Hemşirelik Konusundaki Bilgi, Tutum ve Davranışları Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın ikinci aşaması mezunlar (n=103) ile yürütülmüştür. İkinci aşamada veriler Kanıta Dayalı Hemşireliğe Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Katılımcıla ...Daha fazlası

The Position of Nurses in the Healthcare Team in 2020

2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth; a year meant for celebration, and a deeper look at the importance of the nursing role in the future of healthcare. Today, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of the nurse and the urgent need for investment of this precious resource is at the forefront of many health policy makers’ agendas. As we entered 2020, many countries were already facing a nursing shortage. The World Health Organization’s first State of the World’s Nursing report, launched in April this year, reported a g ...Daha fazlası